Word: boycotters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Samuel Woodring of the North Augusta (S.C.) Star, who tried to oust the corrupt machine bullies and was beaten up by a police sergeant, called a dirty Rumanian Jew, a Yankee and a Communist? They started a boycott and another newspaper against him -but he didn't quit...
Most of them are bored by political debate and seldom show up. On the other hand, several able, politically-minded aristocrats who refuse to sit in the Lords have joined Wedgwood Benn's boycott with the express aim of changing the system. Among them: Lord Hinchingbrooke, a lively Tory rebel who lost his Commons seat this year when he became the tenth Earl of Sandwich, and Lord Altrincham, a trenchant anti-Establishment columnist for the Liberal Manchester Guardian...
...known simply as "The Plan," a four-part program drawn up last August and designed to force Tshombe to bring his mineral-rich province back into the Congo. Fortnight ago, Thant decided to stir up some action. Off to Britain, Belgium, Portugal and South Africa went letters urging a boycott on the copper and cobalt that earn some $200 million in foreign exchange for Katanga's giant Union Miniere each year. Most merely shrugged. Then, Adoula wrote to 17 nations urging them to stop buying Tshombe's exports. Many of them would shrug...
Meantime, the trade boycott has turned out to be remarkably ineffective. Since it began, South African exports have risen considerably (see chart). Of the nations that have proclaimed boycotts, at least four are still doing some business with South Africa; Ghana, one of the leaders of the boycott, has broken down and bought South African mining machinery. Between the continued high level of exports and increased foreign investment, South Africa's foreign exchange reserves have now climbed back up to a healthy $200 million. Oddly enough, much of South Africa's renewed economic health rests on the fact...
Living evidence of the ease with which South African business has shrugged off the boycott is Tobacco Magnate Anthony Edward Rupert, 46. To stockholders in South Africa's Rembrandt Tobacco Corp., Rupert last week reported record profits of $4,500,000 for the business year ended last June. Abroad, Rupert's empire is flourishing on an even grander scale. Rembrandt included, his growing chain of tobacco companies, which now stretches from Ireland to Malaya, last year turned a pre-tax profit of $23.8 million on $560 million in sales. Though his business is barely 20 years old, Anthony...